On My Mind Today

Illiterati Cafe, Mcleodganj After coming across Digital Nomadism , I recently went to some places in India  (mentioned  here )  to explore the feasibility of pursuing it there.    One of them was the headquarters of Tibetan Government-In-Exile in India. Known for a large number of resident tibetans, it's sometimes referred to as 'Little Lhasa'.  I must say it was a good decision to include Mcleodganj in my trip.  The place offers a good 3g connectivity for many providers, cafes that provide decent wifi speed and some cheap places to stay. As an effort to make this information easily accessible to others, I have compiled below a list of cafes/restaurants in Mcleod where you can take your laptop.  I have rated each place with some parameters which I think would make it easy for someone to decide if the place suits their needs. I have personally visited each place listed and the opinions expressed are purely mine.   ...

14th June, 6.50 pm I was trying to cross the highway as quickly as I could. There was no zebra crossing at that point and I was waiting for the moment where I would notice a small break in the traffic and would run towards the other end. 40 minutes back, I was congratulating myself that for the first time in my life, I had arrived at the bus station half an hour before the departure time. The place is called Majnu ka tila and is a major starting point for most of the long route buses starting from Delhi. There was a small ground at the back, followed by a narrow street where a large number of buses were lined up. There was a small park on one side of the road which seemed to serve as the natural waiting lounge for the passengers. As expected, the place was noisy with a mixture of sounds coming from all the sides. Bus conductors and bus horns, both shouting for the missing passengers, hawkers crying out all around, sounds of children playing cricket in the park, excited travel...

11th June, 2 pm Lazily lying on the bed and feeling bored, I asked my mind : " How do you feel about the coming trip. You must be having some different feelings as it is my first solo trip. What do you think I’d doing there?" . It replied : " Ah! It feels great. Waking up in the mountains, it would surely be a feast for your eyes. Then after having a delicious breakfast somewhere in the city which you don’t know yet, you would go out with your laptop. You'd be doing just one thing : Exploring. Exploring and observing everything around you. The people, the market, the restaurant, the scenery and everything else. No one would be watching you" . It felt great and suddenly, all the lethargy seemed to be transforming into a zest for the trip. I could picture myself just roaming around the streets, talking to different people around me, trying out new food everyday or sometimes, just sitting alone in the mountains with my diary and a pen. But as the day pas...

After doing some good research, I have finalized which places I would be going to in my upcoming trip. Considering the time of the year, I have decided to start the project with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.  There are so many places in these states that I think can serve as a good destination for my trip, but I have selected three places based on some factors such as : - good 3g connectivity  A good internet connection is the topmost requirement. - how scenic the place is.  That's the reason after all why I want to travel while working. - places that are already a travel destination for a large number of foreign tourists. so that I can meet other people who are already doing this and interact with them. So let's start with the names of the places: Dharamshala:     I have heard so much about this place in past few years.  There is a very popular suburb in Dharamshala named Mcleodganj. The headquarter of Tibetan Gov...

I wrote about Digital Nomadism in my last post , a lifestyle that is going to change how majority of the world would be working in future, and that future is not too far. After reading about it for some time, I knew I had to try it out once in my life. I am not planning to pursue it full time right now, but I have 2 months of time which I think is a good opportunity for me to get a taste of it.   But as I mentioned in my last post, there aren't many people from India who are doing it. I think 'lack of resources' is one of the major reasons people don't (or are afraid to) pursue this lifestyle in India. I am myself finding it a bit difficult to get started because of this being so unconventional here.   Considering the above two things, I have planned something for this summer.   I am going to start working on a project in the coming days which would be called : 'Exploring Digital Nomadism in India' , wh...

My purpose of writing this post is to introduce people to digital nomadism and provide them some pointers to start with, if they find it interesting. You all would be knowing what a ‘nomad’ means and the meaning of digital. So, we get the definition: A nomadic lifestyle of living where people leverage today's technologies to perform their work duties. It is a way of living where people don’t stay at a particular place while they are working. We all know the benefits of travel. It changes the way you think about life, the society and yourself. I won’t start vouching about travel here, we all know that. And if you don’t, just google ‘How travel changes you’, and you’ll know. Going for a 9-5 job has its benefits, but that doesn’t even compare to what all this lifestyle offers you. I recently wrote about Why you shouldn’t work in you regular office . I think it’s pretty simple and obvious, but people somehow seem to forget/ignore it, thinking that they can not achieve thi...

I reccently wrote about  Why you shouldn't work at your regular office . So here, I am publishing a list of cafes in Hyderabad where you can go and work. This is not the complete list and I have chosen a few which I think are quite good. Give it a try ! You'll never go back to your office :) Deli 9 Bistro A Great place to hangout, it has been designed very carefully, especially the walls and the sitting.  We ordered Mango punch and Belgium chocolate something. Both were delicious. Mango punch kind of pushes you to a state of ‘Mangorgasm’ :) . In food, we had nachos and garlic bread. Garlic bread was ok. Nachos were good.  All the things had substantial quantity. In fact, I haven’t seen that much quantity being served at any other place, especially in case of drinks. The wifi speed is decent enough and they provide you perfect couches to carry your laptop/tablet/book. They should make the place more spacious. AND. maybe open 2-3 cubicles kind-of space at the en...

I am a kind of person that supports the notion of 'Work from anywhere'. Today, the only thing you need to work is your laptop and the Internet. So, what's the need of sticking to one place. There are numerous tools available on the internet that facilitate working remotely. But why should we do it? There are many reasons that support this lifestyle. I'll list what I think are the most important: Ambience. I am writing this post from  Deli 9 Bistro, Hyderabad . A good music playlist in background, a perfect couch and a delicious smoothie, I think these three things are enough for anyone to work happily and productively. You obivously can't even compare the ambience of your office desk with this. Would you prefer working at the following places instead of your office ? :) Hubud, bali SO. The Sky Kitchen, Hyderabad Somewhere near the lake. Laughing Buddha Shack, Arambol, Goa                     ...